Quarter of a million attendees expected at Venezuela aid concert

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS FEBRUARY 20, 2019 / 4:50 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

Quarter of a million attendees expected at Venezuela aid concert

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Some 250,000 people are expected at a concert on Friday in Colombia aimed at raising $100 million to provide food and medicine for Venezuelans suffering widespread shortages, its organizer said on Wednesday.

Billionaire Richard Branson is backing the show, called “Venezuela Aid Live,” in the Colombian border city of Cucuta. The event will feature performances from at least 35 artists including Alejandro Sanz, Maluma, Luis Fonsi and Carlos Vives.

The presidents of Colombia and Chile are set to attend the free concert, which has evoked comparisons to Irish rock star Bob Geldof’s 1985 global “Live Aid” concert to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.

“This is a concert to save thousands and millions of lives in our dear brother country of Venezuela,” organizer Fernan Ocampo told reporters in Cucuta.

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[GatoGordo]

1. As much as Roger Waters is maligning the Branson concert

He says he won't play the Maduro concert.

Funny people, those Chavistas and their sycophants. They don't want you to sacrifice your time, talent and treasure for a worthy cause. But refuse to sacrifice themselves.